Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Peru is inviting the Kingdom to attend the South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) summit in Lima in October, a senior visiting official of the Latin American country said here Tuesday. Ambassador José Bera?n Aran?bar, Vice Foreign Minister of Peru, who arrived here Tuesday on a two-day official visit, told Saudi Gazette that the main aim of his visit here was to invite the Saudi leadership to attend the summit. “The summit, chaired by Peru, will be held early this October, in our capital Lima. The event is a forum for policy coordination between the member countries in these two vast regions of the world,” Aran?bar said. “Also, my visit aims at exploring the possibilities of cooperation between Peru and the Kingdom in various aspects. To boost our relations with the Kingdom, we have just opened an embassy here in Riyadh,” he added. Peru is the most recent country to open its embassy in the Kingdom. It was officially opened last month and Ambassador Eduardo Martinetti arrived here this week to take charge. The Peruvian Vice Minister is scheduled to meet with the Acting Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Wednesday. “We will discuss the possibility of establishing economic ties between GCC and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR),” he said.
